Phone service provider

tadau68 · Veteran Member

Phone service provider

oldbloke · Guru

Aldi, they use the telstra infrstructure, 4G. The $35 deal gives you unlimited calls and text plus 6 gig down load plus some calls overseas.

www.aldimobile.com.au/plans/value-packs/

Bruce and Bev · Guru

Aldi does not have access to the full Telstra network - which is why Aldi is cheaper than Telstra !

Aldi is fine for most major city metro areas, but not out of these areas

If you want the best coverage, you will need to pay the premium prices and go with Telstra

Ger08 · Senior Member

Bruce and Bev wrote:
Aldi does not have access to the full Telstra network - which is why Aldi is cheaper than Telstra !

Aldi is fine for most major city metro areas, but not out of these areas

If you want the best coverage, you will need to pay the premium prices and go with Telstra

Fully agree with this. Be very cautious with the Aldi network in regional areas particularly with access or lack of access to the 4gx network

BAZZA44 · Senior Member

Hi, I think you will find that : BOOST : is the only other provider with FULL Telstra coverage. They are owned by Telstra but have different plans.

Happy travels

Barry

vanman · Senior Member

tadau68 wrote:
Hi all. My contract with Optus runs out next month. We will be leaving yo go traveling for 2/3 years from February. Any advice on whats the best company to go with. Optus. Telstra etc. Cheers Troy

I am using a pre paid Aldi sim and because I don't use my phone very much opted for the long expiry plan which is 365 days.

I have been on the plan since January this year and have spent aound $90 so far this year. On my previous Telstra plan I was paying $30 pm.

I have not had any problems with signal either. Just recently I have been in places in Queensland and didn't have internet through my Telstra 4gx modem.

Regards Chris

signwilson · Senior Member

Telstra is the only one with good coverage but they are an absolute pain to deal with. I wish their customer service was a lot more acceptable.

oldbloke · Guru

Bruce and Bev wrote:
Aldi does not have access to the full Telstra network - which is why Aldi is cheaper than Telstra !

Aldi is fine for most major city metro areas, but not out of these areas

If you want the best coverage, you will need to pay the premium prices and go with Telstra

Pretty sure thats old info. I might be wrong but I believe Aldi now use the full telstra system on 4g.

In the end the simplest way is to try them as there is no locked in plan so if your not happy you can get out anytime at no cost.

PeterD · Guru

oldbloke wrote:
Pretty sure thats old info. I might be wrong but I believe Aldi now use the full telstra system on 4g.

They may use the full 4G system but when we go bush I mainly see I am on a 3G service. There is a vast difference in the coverage out there. Check it out for yourself:

Telstra mobile coverage.

Aldi mobile coverage. Scroll down to the bottom and open up the Coverage Map. The olpening sentence states

Medion Australia Pty Ltd. trading as ALDImobile uses part of Telstras 4G and 3G mobile network. The mobile product of ALDImobile provides a combined 4G and 3G coverage footprint of 98.8% and a 4G coverage footprint of 95% of the Australian population covering 1.59 million square kilometres. 3G handsets will only receive 3G coverage.

Note that the coverage percentages in the text below that talk about population and not the actual area of Oz that is covered - big difference.

wendyv · Guru

Telstra. Make sure you have a blue tick phone. They have plans available that can include internet data access - we use a type of modem that allows us both to use our laptops at once.

We usually deal with them by phone and have always found them extremely helpful, even when we have made stupid mistakes that we are asking them to fix.

Drover · Member

Travelling in the bush I insist on a Telstra blue tick phone which has a connection for a patch lead, some of the blue tick phones do not have that feature, and I have an aerial on my 79 series which extends the range dramatically too.
I have always had a similar set up during my working life as an interstate driver, there is no serious rural competitor to Telstra, I have openly said they can be a pain in the butt to deal with and their charges are dearer than most, but when you have spent as much time as I have away from the heavy population areas you soon realise they are the only option, and obviously when you venture to remote non mobile signal areas you have to go satellite either phone or other connection device like Spot 3 or similar.